document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1174520>Question 1174520</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> You know it takes 11.5 hours to fill your pool with your faucet and hose.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Last year, you used both your hose and a hose borrowed from a neighbor, and it took 9 hours. This year, your faucet is broken and you can only use your neighbor's hose. How long will it take?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #799936 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=ankor@dixie-net.com><B>ankor@dixie-net.com(22740)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=ankor@dixie-net.com><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=ankor@dixie-net.com><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=799936\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\">  You know it takes 11.5 hours to fill your pool with your faucet and hose.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Last year, you used both your hose and a hose borrowed from a neighbor, and it took 9 hours.<BR>\n" );
document.write( " This year, your faucet is broken and you can only use your neighbor's hose.<BR>\n" );
document.write( " How long will it take?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "let n = time for neighbor's hose to fill the pool<BR>\n" );
document.write( "let the completed job = 1; a full pool<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=9%2F11.5 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"9%2F11.5\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > + <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=9%2Fn ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"9%2Fn\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > = 1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "multiply the eq by 11.5n, cancel the denominators<BR>\n" );
document.write( "9n + 9(11.5) = 11.5n<BR>\n" );
document.write( "9n + 103.5 = 11.5n<BR>\n" );
document.write( "103.5 = 11.5n - 9n<BR>\n" );
document.write( "103.5 = 2.5n<BR>\n" );
document.write( "n = 103.5/2.5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "n = 41.4 hrs to fill the pool with the neighbor's hose. </SPAN>\n" );
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